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Osram's Lightify smart bulbs blow a security fuse – isn't anything code audited anymore?

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Re: Why is it

"IoT is yet another solution looking for a problem"

Oh, it's the solution to an existing problem alright. That existing problem being "how can we make even more money by flogging tat to novelty-addicted, boys-toys-buying idiot consumers?"

This is why I'm not excited by (e.g.) improvements in display technology any more. Sure, it looks nice, but at the end of the day its purpose will simply be to provide an excuse for the same aforementioned boys-toys owners to replace their 18-month old smartphone with a newer one to impress their tedious friends with. At least, until they get bored of it after a month and start thinking of their next smartphone upgrade.

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